LIRE
“The next time you bite the dust”, Panayotis Pascot
The Pocket Book, 216 p., 7.90 euros
The comedian and actor bares all in “The Next Time You Bite the Dust”, a story in the form of autofiction in which he discusses his difficult relationship with his father, his homosexuality and his depressive tendencies. Both blunt and modest, this moving first book by Panayotis Pascot makes us appreciate the man as much as the artist. A huge success in bookstores, the book published just a year ago is now published in paperback. Ph.C.
“Mechanic”, Mattia Filice
Folio case, 384 p., 9.40 euros
Passengers say “train driver”. But for the initiated, they are “mechanics”. To escape unemployment, the narrator who, as we can guess, is also the author himself, decides to enter this particular corporation. He will learn to pilot the machine and begin a new life on the rails of France. Mattia Filice’s first book is written in free verse, like a long mythological poem. This form links “Mechanic” to the founding stories. A.G.
Panayotis Pascot’s bestseller, a very poetic first book, a rare work to rediscover… The pocket selection of the week.©DR
“The Sources”, Marie-Hélène Lafon
The Pocket Book, 128 p., 7.40 euros
In a short story of incredible intensity, Marie-Hélène Lafon recounts the daily life of a woman who was a victim of domestic violence and social representations in rural France in the 1960s. Although the book is fiction, it undoubtedly fulfills a cathartic function for the girl from Cantal who became a professor of classical literature in Paris. A rare and urgent work, “Les Sources” is worth rediscovering in paperback. I.L.
LISTEN
« No Name », Jack White
1 album, Third Man Records
The former half of the White Stripes has been performing solo for several years. In the sweltering heat of summer, he released this unexpected sixth album, called “No Name”, undoubtedly one of his best to date. Garage rock, blues rock or punk blues: there is no shortage of labels to describe this harsh and wild music carried by molten guitars. A furious rush that, for the old-timers, will evoke more Led Zeppelin than the Stones. With Jack White, rock can never die… Ph.C.
« Ask That God », Empire Of The Sun
1 album, Universal
Founded in 2007, the Australian duo has only released four studio albums in seventeen years, but they are all precious. Empire Of The Sun’s new opus concentrates the best of electronic pop, at once inventive, danceable and ultra-melodic. Its twelve galvanizing tracks spread a solar energy that dispels any melancholy. Like the three potential hits that open the album: Changes , Cherry Blossom et Music On The Radio. Ph.C.
Jack White’s solo album, the electro pop of Emire of the Sun and the Erato box set by the exceptional pianist, Catherine Collard… this week’s record selection.©DR
The Complete Erato, Catherine Collard
Coffret de 7 CD, EMI Classics/Virgin Classics
“Fierce determination, uprightness, courage, crazy demands on yourself, intransigence, the desperate quest for love of someone who did not love herself, the sensitivity of a tormented person ready for suffering at any moment, generous to the point of madness.” These words from pianist Anne Queffélec recall the intensity of Catherine Collard’s (1947-93) interpretations. Her three Schumann discs are manifestos of romanticism and the violin sonatas, with Catherine Courtois (Schumann, Prokofiev), reach peaks of vibrant musicality. Ph.V.
SEE
«The Fortress»
Canal+, September 2
A frightening dystopia, this series, which won the prize for best screenplay at the Séries Mania Festival in Lille in 2023, will not fail to resonate with current events. In a world ravaged by global warming, Norway, a still prosperous country that lives in total self-sufficiency, has built a huge wall to prevent foreigners, even its immediate neighbors, from entering. But everything will change when an epidemic appears in Bergen…
“The Eclipse”
France 2, from September 5
Two female cops and friends in the pretty village of Bozouls in Aveyron – also filmed in “Monsieur Spade” – are confronted with the disappearance of a teenage girl during a solar eclipse. However, the young girl was part of their children’s group of friends. Little by little, the two women will discover secret parts of their past, and those of their loved ones, which will seriously complicate the investigation. A classic and well-filmed police series carried with conviction by Claire Keim and Anne Charrier.
Anton Bruckner’s 200th Birthday
Mezzo, September 1, 2 and 6
Inhabited, mystical, monumental: Anton Bruckner (1824-96) brought the Romantic symphony to its climax. The mezzo channel celebrates the 200e anniversary of the Austrian composer by offering high-flying performances of three of his greatest symphonies: the sixth by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Orchestre de Paris (on 1is September); the fifth by Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw (on the 2nd); and the seventh by Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra (on the 6th). Ph.C.
